After nearly three years and more than 100,000 Covid-related deaths, the nation’s largest state is ending a state of emergency related to the pandemic at 11:59 p.m. tonight.
On March 4, 2020, during a press conference carried on virtually every local network, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency amid concerns about the state’s first virus-related death, but tonight’s transition will be with very little public announcement to take place. .
Newsom, who announced an end to the statement six months ago, sent an email announcement marking the end of a controversial era in the state. “Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation ending the state’s Covid-19 state of emergency, as announced in October.” of people and things are no longer available.
California is averaging nearly 3,000 new cases a day — at least those reported — but hospitalizations and deaths from the virus have dropped dramatically since the early days of the pandemic.
While the state passed the tragic milestone of 100,000 deaths from Covid last week, the current average of 22 deaths per day is nowhere near the peak of nearly 700 in January 2021.
The state of emergency gave the government what Newsom often called “flexibility” to repeal or change certain requirements, including publicly funded and private health insurance, and to authorize medical countermeasures — including increasing medicine, supplies and beds if necessary — and to guarantee freedom. of liability for service providers who provide services.
The national state of emergency ends on May 11.
In Hollywood, the current Covid protocols expire on April 1.
Source: Deadline
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